LindaMills
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On 16/06/2016 at 11:00 PM, thedom said:
I was wondering which style to include in the pack of styles #2 (including 3 different styles).
I think we found the 3rd candidate !
Hope you mean the photobox style. Can you tell me when they will be available and where to download them please.
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On 16/06/2016 at 6:35 PM, LindaMills said:
Has anyone got a copy of the photobox template please?
Hi Dom - I love your photobox template but the download page for it no longer exists. I wonder if you could make it into a style for me please?
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Just tried to download the carousel style but all I keep getting is a fan style which I'd downloaded previously. Any suggestions please?
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Has anyone got a copy of the photobox template please?
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Linda,
If it is a bug, it is a bug in your anti-virus product, not in Pictures-to-Exe; so you will need to contact whoever supplies your anti-virus software. During an anti-virus scan, the target of that scan is a totally passive player. You haven't said which Anti-Virus software you are using. Over the years, the forum members have had problems with almost all of the major products and with many of the minor products, too. Of late, the one that seems to be giving fewest problems, is Microsoft Security Essentials.
regards,
Peter
Peter
I use Avira antivirus and have had no problems before, but will report it - thanks
Linda
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Yes I agree - the thought had crossed my mind. I'll try it and get back to you. I tried running it on my old machine under Windows XP and it took just as long, but strangely when I looked at the properties compatibility it had changed the compatibility mode to Windows 95!
Linda
Just tried it and it worked - thanks a lot. I tried it several times and also switched my antivirus back to checking the exe file again and it took 5 mins plus to run again. As soon as I excluded the file from my antivirus software again it ran immediately. I assume this needs reporting as a bug, or has it been addressed already?
Again many thanks
Linda
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Linda,
Since you say it runs fine within PTE preview but takes the EXE 5mins to start/load ...
Basic Questions :
1) Does the new PC have a new/different virus protection software or enhanced scan settings ?
2) How long does your PC/virus protection take to just scan the 2 GB EXE file from right-click ?
3) If you exempt the 2GB EXE from being checked by the virus protection software ... does it start/load in less time ?
* I think you see my initial objective is to sort out and omit the virus protection software as the first step in finding any possible startup delays.
Yes I agree - the thought had crossed my mind. I'll try it and get back to you. I tried running it on my old machine under Windows XP and it took just as long, but strangely when I looked at the properties compatibility it had changed the compatibility mode to Windows 95!
Linda
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Linda,
This is a very old thread.
PTE is now at V7.0.4 - it might be worth loading the latest version and trying that before progressing any further.
It sounds as though you might have some HEAVY files/images in your project? Or possibly a non-standard music file?
Take the music file out and try again.
Tell us the size of your JPEGs?
DG
Some of my files are rather big - ie 180 resolution and just over 40x30 with a file size of between 3 and 4mb each, but the majority are 40x30 with a resolution of 72, bringing the file size down to between 600k-1mb. I've run files this big in v5.1 without any problems. My slide shows always last 1 hour, so I have about 20 music files. I'll have a go at reducing the size of some of my music files as one is 7mb and a couple are 5mb each.
It is a complex slide show with lots of transitions - some in 3D and in quite a few cases I've utilised picture borders. However, it runs smoothly from within Pictures to Exe.
As detailed in my reply to Yachtsman1, the PTE file is 3.42 mb, making an executable file of 1627.8mb. I have successfully created 2gb exe files which ran perfectly in v5.1.
Linda
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Laptop details & show size might help???
Yachtsman1.
Acer Aspire 7741G
2.66 ghz - 3mb L3 cache
4gb DDR memory
750 gb HD
Show size: PTE file 3.42 mb
Exe file: 1627.8 mb
I have previously produced many other slide shows this size, but using version 5.1.
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Hi Igor
I switched to v6.5 after successfully using v5 for several years. I think it's great, but have found a problem with my new laptop running under Windows 7. When I compile my pte file, the exe file takes ages to run - more than 5 minutes before it will start. I've tried switching to Windows XP (both service packs 2 and 3) under the compatibility properties, but no difference. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Many thanks to all those who placed suggestions regarding mp3 files cutting out before the end of play. The problem was remedied by loading the mp3 file into Audacity and exporting it as a wave file. It worked immediately. When I tried to export it to a new mp3 file Audacity wanted me to download lame mp3 encoder, which I'm about to do now, but in the meantime the wave file worked fine.
Thanks again.
Linda
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Many thanks to all those who offered suggestions regarding the mp3 file which doesn't play to the end. I've just had a quick look at them and they all sound sensible, so will try them asap. I am just about to go on holiday for a week, so I can't start messing about now, but will try Audacity (which I have downloaded) to load the errant mp3 file into. See you in a week - I'll let you know if it was successful!
Regards
Linda
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I have done quite a lot of slide shows using pictures to exe, all using music. but on more than one occasion certain pieces of music cut out a few seconds before the end of the song. I've had to remedy this by changing the piece of music, but now I've got a piece that I particularly want to keep in and it cuts out before it has finished. The piece of music (an mp3 file) plays successfully to the end using Realplayer, so there's nothing wrong with the music file. The music is near the beginning of the slide show so there are plenty of slides and other mp3 files which follow the one which is cutting out.
My next slide show presentation is due soon - any clues as to what's wrong please?
Thanks
Linda
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I'm having exactly the same problem Annette - have you managed to solve the problem yet as I'm getting desperate to produce my DVD slide show. I've followed all the suggestions (Bitrate 7000, Video type auto etc) and the picture and sound quality are still poor. I'm also getting the edges of my pictures cut off, so any text around that area doesn't show.
Linda
Triptych slide style
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Am I missing something here? I've downloaded the Triptych 1 slide style and added it to my PTE slide styles folder, but I can't access it from within PTE as it just doesn't see it and it is a very small file size. All my other styles are in folders with accompanying files and a configuration file, but all that downloads is the PTE style. Can you enlighten me please?
3D Triptych 2.ptestyle
3D Triptych 1.ptestyle